（舌不能言 余见中风失音）
合谷、水沟、主喑。（千见口噤。）承泣等、（见口 。）地仓、（明同。）大迎、鱼
、通理、（见风痉。）主不能言。脑户等、主喑不能言。（见螈 。）孔最、喑门、疗失
音。（明见下。）风府、（下同。）承浆、（下）疗喑不能言。翳风、通理、疗暴喑不能言
。（下）听宫、（明同。）治失声。（铜）颊车、治失音。（见口噤。）阴 、治失音不能
言。间使、（见狂。）合谷、主喑不能言。（千见口噤。）天鼎、治暴喑气哽。明下云、
暴喑咽肿。食不下。喉鸣。（铜）灵道、（见心痛。）天突、（明下）天窗、（明下同。）治暴喑
不能言。口噤。（见颊肿。）支沟、（见口噤。）通谷、（见口 。）三阳络、治暴哑。（明下
同。）颊车、治牙关不开。口噤不语。（明下同。）失音。牙关痛。颔颊肿。（明同。）日月
、治言语不正。（见悲。）小儿五六岁不语者。心气不足。舌本无力。发转难。心俞三壮。
或足两踝各三壮。（千）廉泉、（明同。）然谷、（甲乙作通谷。）阴谷、主舌下肿。难
言。舌纵涎出。（千）风府、主舌缓。喑（明下同。）不能言。舌急语难。支沟、天窗、扶
突、曲鬓、灵道、主暴喑不能言。复留、主舌卷不能言。通理、主不能言。鱼际、主
痉上气。失喑不能言。哑门、治颈项强。舌缓不能言。（铜）明云、失音不能言。舌急。
哑门一名舌横。一名舌厌。督脉阳维之会。入系舌本。则是穴也、其舌本所系欤。凡舌
缓不能言者。宜治此。
廉泉、治舌下肿。难言。舌纵涎出。咳嗽上气。喘息。呕沫。口噤。舌根急缩下食难。
廉泉一名舌本。盖舌之根本也。故能治舌下肿难言。舌纵涎出。舌根急缩诸病。与千金
方所疗略同。凡有此等疾者。宜针灸此。
大迎、治舌强不能言。翳风、主不能言。（千见螈 。）
(Tongue unable to speak; see Stroke with Loss of Voice for details.)
Hegu (LI4) and Shuigou (GV26) treat aphonia. (See Jaw Lock in *Qianjin Fang*.) Chengqi (ST1), etc., Dicang (ST4), Daying (ST5), Yuji (LU10), and Tongli (HT5) treat inability to speak. (See Wind-Convulsion for Tongli.) Naohu (GV17), etc., treat aphonia and inability to speak. (See Convulsions for Naohu.) Kongzui (LU6) and Yanmen (EX-HN18) treat loss of voice. (See Lower Chapter in *Mingtang Jing*.) Fengfu (GV16) and Chengjiang (CV24) treat aphonia and inability to speak. Yifeng (TE17) and Tongli (HT5) treat sudden aphonia and inability to speak. Tinggong (SI19) treats loss of voice. Jiache (ST6) treats loss of voice. YinGu (KI10) treats loss of voice and inability to speak. Jianshi (PC5) and Hegu (LI4) treat aphonia and inability to speak. Tianding (TI17) treats sudden aphonia with Qi obstruction. The lower text of *Mingtang Jing* states: sudden aphonia, throat swelling, difficulty in eating, and hoarse breathing. Lingdao (HT4), Tiantu (CV22), and Tianchuang (SI16) treat sudden aphonia and inability to speak. Jaw lock. (See Cheek Swelling for Jiache.) Zhigou (TE6), Tonggu (BL65), and Sanyangluo (TE7) treat sudden mutism. Jiache (ST6) treats trismus, jaw lock with silence, loss of voice, pain in the teeth and jaws, and swelling of the mandible and cheek. Riyue (GB24) treats abnormal speech. (See Grief for Riyue.) For children aged five or six who do not speak, due to deficiency of Heart Qi, weakness of the tongue root, and difficulty in turning the hair: puncture Xinshu (BL15) three moxibustion doses, or three moxibustion doses on each of the two medial malleoli. Lianquan (CV23), Ranggu (KI2), and Yingu (KI10) treat swelling under the tongue, difficulty in speaking, and tongue relaxation with drooling. Fengfu (GV16) treats tongue relaxation, aphonia, inability to speak, tongue stiffness, and difficulty in speaking. Zhigou (TE6), Tianchuang (SI16), Futu (LI18), Qubin (GB7), and Lingdao (HT4) treat sudden aphonia and inability to speak. Fuliou (KI7) treats tongue curling with inability to speak. Tongli (HT5) treats inability to speak. Yuji (LU10) treats convulsions with upward Qi, loss of voice, and inability to speak. Yamén (GV15) treats neck and nape stiffness, tongue relaxation with inability to speak. *Mingtang Jing* states: loss of voice with inability to speak, and tongue stiffness. Yamén is also called Sheheng and Sheyan; it is the intersection of the Du Mai (Governor Vessel) and Yangwei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel). It enters and connects to the tongue root. Thus, this point is indeed where the tongue root is connected. For cases of tongue relaxation with inability to speak, this point should be treated.
Lianquan (CV23) treats swelling under the tongue, difficulty in speaking, tongue relaxation with drooling, cough with upward Qi, panting, vomiting of foam, jaw lock, and tongue root contraction causing difficulty in swallowing. Lianquan is also called Sheben, meaning the root of the tongue. Therefore, it can treat conditions such as swelling under the tongue with difficulty in speaking, tongue relaxation with drooling, and tongue root contraction, which are similar to those treated in *Qianjin Fang*. For such diseases, acupuncture and moxibustion on this point are appropriate.
Daying (ST5) treats tongue stiffness with inability to speak. Yifeng (TE17) treats inability to speak.